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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.top_of_page"></a>SVG Surfaces</span></h2>
<p>SVG Surfaces — Rendering SVG documents</p>
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<a name="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="returnvalue">cairo_surface_t</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-surface-create" title="cairo_svg_surface_create ()">cairo_svg_surface_create</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="returnvalue">cairo_surface_t</span></a> *
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<a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-surface-create-for-stream" title="cairo_svg_surface_create_for_stream ()">cairo_svg_surface_create_for_stream</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-surface-restrict-to-version" title="cairo_svg_surface_restrict_to_version ()">cairo_svg_surface_restrict_to_version</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">char</span> *
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<a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-version-to-string" title="cairo_svg_version_to_string ()">cairo_svg_version_to_string</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a name="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.other"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
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<td class="define_keyword">#define</td>
<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#CAIRO-HAS-SVG-SURFACE:CAPS" title="CAIRO_HAS_SVG_SURFACE">CAIRO_HAS_SVG_SURFACE</a></td>
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<td class="datatype_keyword">enum</td>
<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-version-t" title="enum cairo_svg_version_t">cairo_svg_version_t</a></td>
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<a name="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>The SVG surface is used to render cairo graphics to
SVG files and is a multi-page vector surface backend.</p>
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<a name="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<a name="cairo-svg-surface-create"></a><h3>cairo_svg_surface_create ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="returnvalue">cairo_surface_t</span></a> *
cairo_svg_surface_create (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *filename</code></em>,
                          <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">double</span> width_in_points</code></em>,
                          <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">double</span> height_in_points</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Creates a SVG surface of the specified size in points to be written
to <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em>
.</p>
<p>The SVG surface backend recognizes the following MIME types for the
data attached to a surface (see <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-set-mime-data" title="cairo_surface_set_mime_data ()"><code class="function">cairo_surface_set_mime_data()</code></a>) when
it is used as a source pattern for drawing on this surface:
<a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#CAIRO-MIME-TYPE-JPEG:CAPS" title="CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_JPEG"><code class="literal">CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_JPEG</code></a>, <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#CAIRO-MIME-TYPE-PNG:CAPS" title="CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_PNG"><code class="literal">CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_PNG</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#CAIRO-MIME-TYPE-URI:CAPS" title="CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_URI"><code class="literal">CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_URI</code></a>. If any of them is specified, the SVG backend
emits a href with the content of MIME data instead of a surface
snapshot (PNG, Base64-encoded) in the corresponding image tag.</p>
<p>The unofficial MIME type <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#CAIRO-MIME-TYPE-URI:CAPS" title="CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_URI"><code class="literal">CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_URI</code></a> is examined
first. If present, the URI is emitted as is: assuring the
correctness of URI is left to the client code.</p>
<p>If <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#CAIRO-MIME-TYPE-URI:CAPS" title="CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_URI"><code class="literal">CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_URI</code></a> is not present, but <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#CAIRO-MIME-TYPE-JPEG:CAPS" title="CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_JPEG"><code class="literal">CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_JPEG</code></a>
or <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#CAIRO-MIME-TYPE-PNG:CAPS" title="CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_PNG"><code class="literal">CAIRO_MIME_TYPE_PNG</code></a> is specified, the corresponding data is
Base64-encoded and emitted.</p>
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<a name="cairo-svg-surface-create.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>filename</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a filename for the SVG output (must be writable), <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> may be
used to specify no output. This will generate a SVG surface that
may be queried and used as a source, without generating a
temporary file.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>width_in_points</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>width of the surface, in points (1 point == 1/72.0 inch)</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>height_in_points</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>height of the surface, in points (1 point == 1/72.0 inch)</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="cairo-svg-surface-create.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a pointer to the newly created surface. The caller
owns the surface and should call <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-destroy" title="cairo_surface_destroy ()"><code class="function">cairo_surface_destroy()</code></a> when done
with it.</p>
<p>This function always returns a valid pointer, but it will return a
pointer to a "nil" surface if an error such as out of memory
occurs. You can use <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-status" title="cairo_surface_status ()"><code class="function">cairo_surface_status()</code></a> to check for this.</p>
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<p class="since">Since: 1.2</p>
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<a name="cairo-svg-surface-create-for-stream"></a><h3>cairo_svg_surface_create_for_stream ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="returnvalue">cairo_surface_t</span></a> *
cairo_svg_surface_create_for_stream (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cairo-PNG-Support.html#cairo-write-func-t" title="cairo_write_func_t ()"><span class="type">cairo_write_func_t</span></a> write_func</code></em>,
                                     <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span> *closure</code></em>,
                                     <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">double</span> width_in_points</code></em>,
                                     <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">double</span> height_in_points</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Creates a SVG surface of the specified size in points to be written
incrementally to the stream represented by <em class="parameter"><code>write_func</code></em>
 and <em class="parameter"><code>closure</code></em>
.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="cairo-svg-surface-create-for-stream.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>write_func</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="cairo-PNG-Support.html#cairo-write-func-t" title="cairo_write_func_t ()"><span class="type">cairo_write_func_t</span></a> to accept the output data, may be <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>
to indicate a no-op <em class="parameter"><code>write_func</code></em>
. With a no-op <em class="parameter"><code>write_func</code></em>
,
the surface may be queried or used as a source without
generating any temporary files.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>closure</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>the closure argument for <em class="parameter"><code>write_func</code></em>
</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>width_in_points</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>width of the surface, in points (1 point == 1/72.0 inch)</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>height_in_points</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>height of the surface, in points (1 point == 1/72.0 inch)</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<a name="cairo-svg-surface-create-for-stream.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> a pointer to the newly created surface. The caller
owns the surface and should call <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-destroy" title="cairo_surface_destroy ()"><code class="function">cairo_surface_destroy()</code></a> when done
with it.</p>
<p>This function always returns a valid pointer, but it will return a
pointer to a "nil" surface if an error such as out of memory
occurs. You can use <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-status" title="cairo_surface_status ()"><code class="function">cairo_surface_status()</code></a> to check for this.</p>
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<p class="since">Since: 1.2</p>
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<a name="cairo-svg-surface-restrict-to-version"></a><h3>cairo_svg_surface_restrict_to_version ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
cairo_svg_surface_restrict_to_version (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="type">cairo_surface_t</span></a> *surface</code></em>,
                                       <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-version-t" title="enum cairo_svg_version_t"><span class="type">cairo_svg_version_t</span></a> version</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Restricts the generated SVG file to <em class="parameter"><code>version</code></em>
. See <a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-get-versions" title="cairo_svg_get_versions ()"><code class="function">cairo_svg_get_versions()</code></a>
for a list of available version values that can be used here.</p>
<p>This function should only be called before any drawing operations
have been performed on the given surface. The simplest way to do
this is to call this function immediately after creating the
surface.</p>
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<a name="cairo-svg-surface-restrict-to-version.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
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<col class="parameters_description">
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>surface</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a SVG <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="type">cairo_surface_t</span></a></p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>version</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>SVG version</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: 1.2</p>
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<a name="cairo-svg-get-versions"></a><h3>cairo_svg_get_versions ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>
cairo_svg_get_versions (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-version-t" title="enum cairo_svg_version_t"><span class="type">cairo_svg_version_t</span></a> const **versions</code></em>,
                        <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">int</span> *num_versions</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Used to retrieve the list of supported versions. See
<a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-surface-restrict-to-version" title="cairo_svg_surface_restrict_to_version ()"><code class="function">cairo_svg_surface_restrict_to_version()</code></a>.</p>
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<a name="cairo-svg-get-versions.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<td class="parameter_name"><p>versions</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>supported version list</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>num_versions</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>list length</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: 1.2</p>
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<a name="cairo-svg-version-to-string"></a><h3>cairo_svg_version_to_string ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">char</span> *
cairo_svg_version_to_string (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-version-t" title="enum cairo_svg_version_t"><span class="type">cairo_svg_version_t</span></a> version</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Get the string representation of the given <em class="parameter"><code>version</code></em>
 id. This function
will return <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glibglib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> if <em class="parameter"><code>version</code></em>
 isn't valid. See <a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-get-versions" title="cairo_svg_get_versions ()"><code class="function">cairo_svg_get_versions()</code></a>
for a way to get the list of valid version ids.</p>
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<a name="cairo-svg-version-to-string.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>version</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>a version id</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="cairo-svg-version-to-string.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> the string associated to given version.</p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: 1.2</p>
</div>
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<a name="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.other_details"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="CAIRO-HAS-SVG-SURFACE:CAPS"></a><h3>CAIRO_HAS_SVG_SURFACE</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define CAIRO_HAS_SVG_SURFACE 1
</pre>
<p>Defined if the SVG surface backend is available.
This macro can be used to conditionally compile backend-specific code.</p>
<p class="since">Since: 1.2</p>
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<a name="cairo-svg-version-t"></a><h3>enum cairo_svg_version_t</h3>
<p><a class="link" href="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.html#cairo-svg-version-t" title="enum cairo_svg_version_t"><span class="type">cairo_svg_version_t</span></a> is used to describe the version number of the SVG
specification that a generated SVG file will conform to.</p>
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<a name="cairo-svg-version-t.members"></a><h4>Members</h4>
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<col width="300px" class="enum_members_name">
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<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="CAIRO-SVG-VERSION-1-1:CAPS"></a>CAIRO_SVG_VERSION_1_1</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>The version 1.1 of the SVG specification. (Since 1.2)</p>
</td>
<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="CAIRO-SVG-VERSION-1-2:CAPS"></a>CAIRO_SVG_VERSION_1_2</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>The version 1.2 of the SVG specification. (Since 1.2)</p>
</td>
<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: 1.2</p>
</div>
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<a name="cairo-SVG-Surfaces.see-also"></a><h2>See Also</h2>
<p><a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="type">cairo_surface_t</span></a></p>
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